Archives|SINN FEINERS BURN DUBLIN CUSTOM HOUSE; FIGHT PITCHED BATTLE IN THE STREETS; 18 KILLED OR WOUNDED, 111 PRISONERS; GOVERNMENT BASE IN RUINS Raiders Spread Fire Through All Parts of Great Building. OTHERS HOLD OFF FIREMEN Troops Rushed Up and Fight Is Opened on Sinn Feiners While Panic Seizes Crowds. INVADERS SHOT ESCAPING Officials Held Prisoners While Oil Is Poured on Documents of the Government.

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SINN FEINERS BURN DUBLIN CUSTOM HOUSE; FIGHT PITCHED BATTLE IN THE STREETS; 18 KILLED OR WOUNDED, 111 PRISONERS; GOVERNMENT BASE IN RUINS Raiders Spread Fire Through All Parts of Great Building. OTHERS HOLD OFF FIREMEN Troops Rushed Up and Fight Is Opened on Sinn Feiners While Panic Seizes Crowds. INVADERS SHOT ESCAPING Officials Held Prisoners While Oil Is Poured on Documents of the Government.

Copyright, 1921, by the New York Times Company. Special Cable To the New York Times.

May 26, 1921

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